Library Documents on Iran's Missile Program
April 20, 1999
Mr. Chairman and distinguished Members of the Committee:
It is a privilege to have an opportunity to appear before this committee. I previously served as Under Secretary of State (1982-86), and as Chairman of the General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament. More recently, I served as a Member of the Commission to Assess the...
April 20, 1999
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SEN. HAGEL: If we could now ask Ambassador Lilley and Secretary Schneider to come forward, and we'll get started.
February 1, 1999
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The Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) hereby submits this report in response to a Congressionally directed action in Section 721 of the FY 1997 Intelligence Authorization Act, which requires:
"(a) Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter, the Director of Central Intelligence...
September 17, 1998
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July 29, 1998
Today, the Committee on International Relations is convening another hearing on "Developments in the Middle East", and we are pleased to have Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs, Martin lndyk, joining us. Our last hearing on Middle East regional concerns took place in early March. Today, over four months later, changes in US policy on a...
July 15, 1998
It is just over a decade since the missile programs in Iran and Iraq first attracted my attention. At the end of February 1988, Iraq first employed its new Al Husayn missiles, firing them at Tehran and other major Iranian cities. These missile attacks had a profound impact on the Iranian leadership, reflected in the substantial attention accorded...
July 15, 1998
I believe one can draw a number of lessons from the public record on how well we in the United States do the job of preventing ballistic missile programs (and by inference, other WMD programs and technologies) in developing nations, especially in what are now called the "rogue states." I confess a modicum of responsibility for coining this term...
July 15, 1998
Iran's long range ballistic missile program has apparently overcome some key bottlenecks over the past year, due primarily to assistance fromRussian entities, possibly with the tacit approval of the Russian government itself. Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on January 28, 1998 that...
July 15, 1998
Current Developments and Potential for Future Surprises
This paper will attempt to answer the following questions: 1) What are the current missile capabilities of Iraq and Iran? 2) What kind of WMD payloads can these countries put atop their missiles? 3) What considerations should analysts bear in mind in assessing the future direction of missile...
July 15, 1998
America's previous debate over missile proliferation surrounded the National Intelligence Estimate NIE-95-19 "Emerging Threats to North America During the Next 15 Years," issued in November 1995. Although this document dealt with global threats, the debate it catalyzed focused almost entirely on the missile projects of one country--North Korea....